Jan 5, 2021 · Mother Nature's handiwork can be a bit confusing at times. The development of hoar frost typically occurs on relatively clear nights when air with a dewpoint below 32° is brought to saturation by cooling.

Dec 23, 2024 · The impact of rising costs has rippled across the entire agricultural community. Farmers struggling with higher input costs and reduced income from lower crop yields and milk prices have had to cut corners, mainly by putting off big …

Nov 21, 2024 · Avian Influenza hits turkeys and eggs hardest. With more than 100 million birds affected – and since March 2024, dairy cattle, too – the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been giving farmers and consumers headaches for nearly three years.Since the first detection in dairy, avian influenza has been detected in …

Dec 20, 2024 · “I do not know where the UW economists got this 15-cent figure. I think it’s going to be a lot higher,” Hardin said. Dairy co-ops in the Upper Midwest want to keep the milk order and most will likely bloc vote “yes” in the name of their members, but Hardin thinks that the Upper Midwest is one region of the country that could do fine without a FMMO.

Dec 18, 2024 · For squeaky cheese curds, consider this fifth-generation farm in Stevens Point. Feltz Family Farms does more than produce milk. The fifth-generation dairy farm located near Stevens Point has also expanded to include a Farmstead Cheese Plant and dairy store where customers can purchase cheese and other products made from the milk of the family's 300-head herd of dairy cows.

Dec 30, 2024 · Holstein steers 400-600 lbs: Up to 230.00. Holstein steers 600-800 lbs: 191.00-237.00. Holstein steers over 800 lbs: No test. Johnson Creek Equity Livestock: Dec. 23, 2024

Dec 26, 2024 · APRIL. Kwik Trip announced that it will discontinue the sale of Nature's Touch bagged milk across all stores beginning in May 2024. Less than a week after sick dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas tested positive for bird flu, Texas state officials reported that a person in the state has been infected with the virus after coming into close contact with the infected cows.

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Oct 1, 2024 · Quality Beef Calves: 400.00 to 900.00. Light & Poor Quality Calves: 100.00 & down, heavy discounts on light and poor quality. FEEDER CATTLE: As of 09/27/24 sale.

Dec 22, 2024 · Wisconsin health officials have confirmed the first human case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) received test results from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) from specimens collected from a presumptive positive human case of bird flu from a worker at a commercial turkey farm in Barron County.